1. Open data: “I'll show
you mine if you show
me yours”
Matthew Landauer
Founder / Developer OpenAustralia
@matthewlandauer
matthew@openaustralia.org
www.openaustralia.org

2. The reason why open
government data isnʼt
just nice...

3. ...itʼs necessary...

4. ...for the benefit of
government

5. Front-of-house person

6. “Whole of government”
services

7. See things from the
perspective of the user rather
than the provider of the
service

8. Don't make the user have to
understand the intricacies of
the functioning of government

9. Bold statement

10. It won't work!

11. Finding out how to get from
A to B

12. Starting a not-for-profit /
charity

13. What do they have in
common?

14. How would you make a
"whole of government"
service with 3 levels of
government?

15. state
federal local

16. Over-arching structure
federal state local

17. 1 point of contact
federal local
state

18. What now?

19. Make all levels the
central point of contact
for all the others

20. federal state local

21. I can go to any level of
government and get help
rather than be redirected

22. data
data data
federal state local

23. Opening up your
processes and data is
scary

24. tickets.openaustralia.o
rg

25. Local gov says to State gov
"If I open this, can you open
that?"

26. What about all that
duplicated effort?

27. Open-source software

28. The benefits of open
data and open
processes

29. Government agencies

30. Further benefits

31. Innovation

32. Reduce costs

33. Allowing you to focus on all
the stuff that private
enterprise and non-profits
canʼt or wonʼt or shouldnʼt do

34. A better and happier
world

35. Questions?
@matthewlandauer
matthew@openaustralia.org